NPED founder calls for industry to work together to tackle illegal driving
The founder of the new National Persistent Evaders Database of drivers says it’s too much to expect the Police to work on their own to deal with people who ignore traffic rules and bans. Alan Wood, the CEO of NPED was reacting to news of calls for more traffic police to deal with offences, after […]
Edinburgh sets date for pavement parking ban
Edinburgh Council has announced that enforcement against parking on pavements, parking at dropped kerbs and double parking will begin in the city on Monday, 29 January. Scottish regulations giving councils the power to enforce the new rules came into effect on 11 December, aimed at addressing “the inconvenience inconsiderate parking causes to all road users, […]
Driverless cars in San Francisco “can’t be ticketed”
Driverless vehicles in the Californian city of San Francisco are being held to a different standard to human-driven cars, with police pointing out they aren’t allowed to cite the empty vehicles for moving violations. The website sfgate.com reports police don’t have the authority under California’s vehicle code to ticket the cars for speeding, running red […]
Messagemaker Displays launches new adaptive speed limit reminder sign
LED traffic solutions company Messagemaker Displays has released an Adaptive Speed Limit Reminder Sign, which can be changed easily to highlight the current legal limit to drivers. The company says it has developed the sign to future proof warnings as and when limits are changed from, say, 30 mph to 20, helping make any transition simple […]
Dutch firm challenges £6.5m ULEZ fines
A Netherlands-based lorry firm is taking legal action against Transport for London over Ultra Low Emission Zone fines it claims were issued unlawfully. The Daily Telegraph reports Transport in Nood BV has applied for permission to launch a judicial review against TfL in the High Court, claiming it has been unlawfully issuing fines to companies […]
Safer roads workers jailed for collective sentence of more than five years
Two staff working on Staffordshire’s safer roads partnership have been jailed for deleting records of speeding offences A man and woman have been jailed after admitting to conspiring to dispose of speeding offences in Staffordshire. They were involved in failing to process penalties, or deleting records so drivers would avoid penalties. Samantha Halden-Evans, 36, from […]
New pavement parking rules come into effect in Scotland
From today (11 December) three new prohibitions on the parking of vehicles in relation to parking in Scotland come into effect. The provisions set out in the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 introduced restrictions on parking at dropped footways; parking on pavements and double parking. All local authority areas in Scotland are now able to start […]
Thurrock Council planning to enforce yellow box offences on M25
Thurrock Council is looking to fine motorists for yellow box transgressions at Junction 31 of the M25, using the 2021 legislation to allow authorities outside London use technology to fine drivers for moving traffic offences. Yourthurrock.com, using the Local Democracy Reporting Service, reports it’ll look at traffic at Junction 31 of the M25. It quotes […]
Councillors call for changes to speed camera location rules
Councillors in Greater Manchester want more freedom to place speed cameras where they think they are necessary, rather than wait for a required number of serious crashes to happen before they are allowed to act. At the moment, according to safespeed.org, cameras can be placed where there least four people killed or seriously injured per […]
Yunex Traffic’s enforcement solutions for Manchester City Council will reduce delays and improve traffic flows
Manchester City Council is the latest authority to award Yunex Traffic a contract to supply and maintain an ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) civil enforcement camera solution to detect and enforce moving traffic contraventions. The contract is initially for a three-year period, with an option to extend by a further two years, and aims to […]
